Rehabilitation therapy and urinary incontinence after radical retropubic prostatectomy: A critical review of the literature

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 193-198

  Viola, Domenico ^a,b   Comerci, Francesco ^a   Martorana, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAGNETIC STIMULATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; PEER REVIEW; PELVIC FLOOR MUSCLE TRAINING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICAL RETROPUBIC PROSTATECTOMY; REVIEW; SAFETY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; URINE INCONTINENCE;

HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATECTOMY; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 33645690710     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000091617     Document Type: Review

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